Nancy this could be Little Elm or Scar School, Common School District #39, according to "History of Bell Co. Public Schools 1854-1976. Joan Mundell ----- Original Message ----- From: Nancy Harwood <ndhar@ix.netcom.com> To: <TXBELL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, October 06, 1999 9:35 AM Subject: [TXBELL-L] School near Seaton/Oenaville/Ratibor? > My grandmother, Lydia Bets Vickers, born near Seaton in 1883, used to tell > me stories about going to school as a child in a building which had the > schoolroom on the top floor and the church on the bottom floor. I'd be > interested to know where/what this school was. I remember this > particularly because she told a story of getting in trouble for playing in > the schoolroom during recess (forbidden because running around upstairs > shook dust down into the church) and being chased by the teacher with a > switch, up and over a stile in the schoolyard. My memory of this is 50+ > years old, so I don't know the exact location -- her family lived somewhere > in the Oenaville/Seaton area, possibly near Ratibor. > > Nancy Davis Harwood > Houston, TX > > > ==== TXBELL Mailing List ==== > Please Clear Off-Topic Posts With The Webmaster FIRST! The List Archives > Are At: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/archives/TXBELL-L/ >